LITTLE rescue dog Apple was so horrifically disfigured by a catastrophic trauma that her face was literally turned inside out – the worst injury animal medics had ever seen.

Apple had the worst trauma that animal medics had ever seen (Image: NC)

The injuries – believed to have been inflicted by machete or a car - were so sickeningly severe Express.co.uk cannot show them without pixilation – as half of her head was hanging from her neck.

Traumatised vets were about to throw in the towel and let her die fearing there was no way to save her .

But the skilled surgeons at the Worldwide Veterinary Service finally refused to give up on the street dog and with some truly miraculous surgery not only saved her life but also her cute features.

Over a few short weeks, Apple was transformed. Her suppurating face, torn open from nose to left eye and infested with maggots, was expertly repaired so that she can now look to the future with her wounds healed and in the loving care of new owners.

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We don’t really know how these injuries happened but the pictures speak for themselves. We had almost no hope for her left eye but remarkably she came through.

Dr Giacomo Miglio

WVS, a British-based charity set up by Dorset vet Luke Gamble, today revealed how Apple’s life had been turned round by surgeons at its Jeanne Marchig International Training Centre in Thailand.

Apple’s prognosis looked bleak when she was discovered clinging to life and with her face all but destroyed, leaving vets to agonise over the kindest option to take. They decided not to give up.

As Dr Giacomo Miglio, clinical director at WVS Thailand, explains:

“We don’t really know how these injuries happened but the pictures speak for themselves. We had almost no hope for her left eye but remarkably she came through.

Apple made a remarkable recovery, and has a forever home with a loving family (Image: NC)

“The veterinary team had a tough time deciding whether it was a reasonable attempt to treat this dog, obviously suffering from such a large disfiguring wound.

“All the odds seemed to be against her, but the obvious improvement within just the first week of wound management was promising enough for us to go all the way with the surgical reconstruction and not to give up on her.

“The nursing staff and volunteers involved with her case were truly amazed when we compared how she looked on her arrival and how she was the day she got adopted. She seemed like a totally different dog.”

Apple’s recovery over five weeks at the veterinary centre in the mountainous northern Thai city of Chiang May has created such a stir that animal lovers quickly came forward to her offer a forever home.

Vets treating Apple did not know whether she would survive such horrific injuries (Image: NC)

WVS rescues an average of 40 dogs like Apple every month, treating them at it centre and finding new homes.

WVS chief executive Luke Gamble explained: “It is incredible to see dogs like this recover from such traumatic injuries. This is why we’re here in Thailand. There’s lots of dogs like Apple that we’re striving to help and it shows what can be done with the right care, attention and dedication.”